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It is always a struggle to make Art in today’s society. The Artist is jeered, suppressed, stopped and sometimes killed during their journey to get their artistic vision across to the masses. I created this film festival to empower the Artist and to give a safe place to exhibit growth creatively and promote their personal vision in the medium of film.
We take on a great responsibility as filmmakers to tell a compelling story which we hope will be appreciated for its entertainment, education, or influence the emotions of the audiences that view our work. It is to these “Filmmakers” that I created this festival, which I hope will empower and platform their talents to the next level.
LA Femme Film Festival is about support and empowerment to those daring enough to put their vision on the line. It is through this that we can make a difference. You see, I believe that “Change is Possible” and it is only through Leslie La Page the determination of those willing to make something happen that this occurs. Festival Director Founder/President It is this type of work that draws us into the dark rooms of our minds, movie theaters, and the human behavior, creating “life changing” moments through film. I celebrate this passion and have spent years of my life devoted to achieving a connected moment with the audience. I wish to empower others to achieve this as well.
There is no better place to start than by creating a film festival that breaks down barriers of distribution, prejudice, and conventional thoughts. I hope that you enjoy what has been created.
LA Femme Film Festival’s Mission Statement LA Femme Film Festival is a multiethnic and multicultural film festival devoted to empowering women in key positions creating commercially viable entertainment productions. LA Femme Film Festival supports and nurtures their artistic visions.
Leslie La Page Festival Director Founder/President
The History of Some Prominent Women Filmmakers
“I wanted to include some little know facts on the history of women filmmakers in establishing what we call the entertainment industry. Without these leaders and mavericks breaking ground in the unexplored wild west of filmmaking, “We” the women of film and television today would not be working. To these women I take my hat off and acknowledge their tenacity and fortitude to succeed against all odds. Thank you” - Leslie La Page
Alice Guy-Blaché, (1873-1968), Director and Producer Born in Paris, France, on July 1, 1873, Alice Guy-Blaché directed her first moving picture, La Fée aux choux (“The Cabbage Fairy”), in 1896 for the Gaumont film company, to demonstrate the entertainment possibilities of her employer’s newly invented motion-picture camera. She is acknowledged as the first director to film a narrative story. She was quickly promoted from secretary to saleswoman and emerged as one of the pioneers of the French film industry.
In 1907 she married cameraman Herbert Blaché, and she followed her husband to the United States, where in 1910 she established the financially and critically successful Solax Company, producing and directing some of the first two-reel color and sound movies. She also experimented with cinematic tricks such as masking, double exposure, and running film backward. Although she was not an outspoken feminist, Guy-Blaché created a number of films that featured independent female characters, among them the 1912 productions The Call of the Rose and Winsome But Wise. Discouraged by increasing competition within the film industry and by her failed marriage, she embarked for France with her two children in 1922. The French government belatedly awarded her the Legion of Honor in 1953. In 1964 she returned to the United States; she died in Mahwah, New Jersey, in March 1968. Considered to be the first woman director, Guy-Blaché is credited with directing, producing, and/or supervising more than 300 films during her 25-year career.
Florence Lois Weber, (1881-1939), Actor, Producer, Writer and Director Not only was she the highest paid director in the silent film era, she also was the first woman to direct, star, coauthor, and produce a major motion picture.
Born on June 13, 1881, in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, Florence Lois Weber displayed musical ability at an early age. She had a brief tour as a concert pianist at age 16 and sang with the missionary Church Army before making her way to New York City. She toured for a time with the Zig Zag stage company and appeared in a road company of Why Girls Leave Home (1904). A few months later she married W. Phillips Smalley, with whom she played stock and repertory for five years. In 1910 both actors went to seek careers in the infant motion-picture industry.
For a succession of small production companies—Gaumont, Reliance, Rex, and Bosworth—Weber and her husband turned out dozens of short and feature films. She wrote scenarios and subtitles, acted, directed, designed sets and costumes, edited, and even developed negatives. The couple also worked in an experimental form of sound films, with dialogue recorded on synchronized phonograph records. In 1915 they joined Universal Pictures, and in 1917 Weber established Lois Weber Productions, whose films were released through Universal. Except for a brief association with DeMille Pictures, she remained with Universal for her entire Hollywood career.
One of the most energetic, aesthetically ambitious, and technically well-grounded filmmakers in the industry, Weber wrote, produced, and directed such films as Hypocrites (1914), Scandal (1915), The People vs. John Doe (1916), The Man Who Dared God (1917), Forbidden (1920), What Do Men Want? (1921), and A Chapter in Her Life (1923).
Weber divorced in 1922 and did not work again until she remarried in 1926. Thereafter she directed The Marriage Clause (1926), Sensation Seekers (1927), The Angel of Broadway (1927), and Topsy and Eva (1927). Her next and last film was White Heat (1934). After several years of illness Weber died in Los Angeles, California, on November 13, 1939.
Dorothy Arzner, (1897-1979) Director, Editor, and Writer In 1929, while directing Paramount’s first “talkie”, she came up with the idea of attaching a microphone to a fishing pole and have the sound man follow the actors around with it. This created the first “boom microphone” which has been essential to the motion picture industry ever since. She is also the first woman ever to be honored with membership into the Director’s Guild of America Board Members. Leslie La Page - Founder
In 2004, Leslie La Page realized that a film festival specifically designed to showcase the work of female filmmakers to wide, commercial audiences did not exist. A producer who had also served as a festival programmer, Ms. La Page was disenchanted by this gaping hole in the festival circuit. A self-starter by nature, she was compelled to create her own program that would highlight films and videos that had been written, directed or produced by women for everyone. In 2005, she launched the LA Femme Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.
Now in its third year, the Festival is solely dedicated to catapulting a new breed of female filmmakers to the top of Hollywood’s A-List. By screening commercial films created by women, LA Femme offers unique and exciting opportunities for neophyte filmmakers and industry insiders alike. Ms. La Page said, “After more than a decade of working as a producer in the industry, I have wanted to create a forum in which our stars of tomorrow could be championed.”
Prior to creating LA Femme, Ms. La Page spent five years as one of the main Programmers for the Slamdance Film Festival. There she created and Executive Produced the Slamdance Filmmaker’s Boot Camp, an educational event that brought together writers, producers, actors and directors in seminar discussions about independent filmmaking. The Boot Camp marked Slamdance’s first concrete step towards building an educational program as additional programming to the popular festival outreach programs. After Slamdance, Ms. La Page served as Director of Programming for the 2003 New Orleans Media Experience Film Festival, a multi-media convention and film festival. While her main focus is currently LA Femme, Ms. La Page has also produced and directed films, music videos, television programs and theatrical productions. A consummate professional she has handled production budgets ranging from $1 million to $10 million. Ms. La Page has worked with HBO, Lifetime, MTV, BET, UPN and others.
In 1997, Ms. La Page ran and operated Tiger’s Eye Sound, a leading dialogue editorial company with her partner Bruce Murphy. There she worked on over 20 independent films including: Four Days in September (1998 Academy Award(tm) Nominee), Smoke Signals (1998 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award Winner) and Dead Man’s Curve (1998 Sundance Film Festival Invitee).
Ms. La Page has founded two independent film production companies: BooYah! Films and Infinity Films. Through BooYah!, she and her partner Saul Stein who was Executive Producer on the critically-acclaimed film The Holy Land assisted in launching the films Los Angeles screening followed by its domestic engagement at the Angelika Theatre in New York City. At Infinity Films, Ms. La Page has been developing several projects, including an animated feature film.
When she is not busy with LA Femme and Infinity Films, Ms. La Page serves as a consultant to filmmakers with their marketing, script development, copywriting and trailer production. She has taught at the New York Film Academy and is an inspirational speaker who reminds audiences of all kinds that hard work does pay off, even in a challenging town like Hollywood. Ms. La Page lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son. Advisory Board Members
Sally J. Champlin of environmentally friendly consumer products. He is the author of seven telecommunications technology and Sally Champlin has sold the business books. screenplays Little Merchants and Family Secrets, which Ms. P.J. believes that LA Femme Productions is taking bold Champlin also directed, stars steps towards creating compelling content for both the Pamela Bellwood, Angela Jones, traditional viewing audiences and the new mobile media Tim Redwine, Lisa Amsterdam, audiences. In his words; “I want to be where the action Kaye Ballard and Edward is.” Bunker. She also produced, wrote and directed three feature shorts - Spirit Catcher, Jivin’ The Night and Eating Alone. Deborah E. Gilels
Sally has written two novels, a musical comedy, a full-length Deborah Gilels currently play entitled Don’t Say Anything, a miniseries about is a media consultant Gustav Mahler called “Alma”, over fifteen screenplays representing screenwriters, (four of which have been produced) and two television directors, actors, production pilots. In 2003, Sally was a judge of the screenwriting companies and book authors. competition of the prestigious Cinequest Film Festival. Consulting duties include project development and Sally also co-starred in the cult film, Ed Gein (with Steve packaging, public relations Railsback and Carrie Snodgress). Ed Gein won festival and marketing. awards in Europe and was released domestically in 2001. Directors Sally has worked with include Christopher Guest, From January 2002 - August 2004, Deborah was Harold Prince, Daniel Sullivan, Tom Moore and Michael an executive/consultant for Media Design Institute, a Lembeck as well as extensive study with legendary director, Japanese/American media company where she was the late José Quintero. instrumental in the creation of a video-on-demand/ satellite network financed by NTT-Data, the content Sally J. Champlin has been an active member of The coming from Lion’s Gate and Echelon Entertainment, as Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for many years. well as acquired film/television product for the Japanese territory (Television, Video/DVD).
P.J. Louis Deborah also created and produced MAJESTIC STUDIO, an entertainment talk show for Japan television. Covering P.J. Louis has spent over 28 years all aspects of the movie business and Hollywood, past working in the communications participants include: actors Rachel Leigh Cook, Sean industry. His prior roles have Astin, Charlize Theron, Diane Lane, Will Yun Lee and Lainie included senior and executive Kazan, A-List directors Paul Verhoeven, Peter Jackson and leadership positions in NYNEX Jay Russell, Oscar winning producers Barrie Osborne, (now known as Verizon), Lawrence Turman and Mark Johnson, esteemed writer/ Bellcore, NextWave Wireless, director Nicholas Meyer and composer/musician Stewart TruePosition (a Liberty Media Copeland. company), Price Waterhouse Coopers, and most recently at Fun Little Movies, and In 1986, Deborah relocated to Los Angeles, where she MixCast. worked in motion picture and television development for studios such as Tri Star and Twentieth Century Fox, as Fun Little Movies (FLM) was one of the mobile media well as The Agency, Innovative Artists and Leading Artists industry’s pioneers. MixCast (formerly OOH TV!) is a leader (UTA). In 1995, Deborah founded Torch Productions in IP TV entertainment, serving the urban marketplace. and currently has several projects in various stages of P.J. is currently involved in a number of IP based media development and production. projects where his financial and technology experience is relied on. He is a partner of Avondale Ventures; a private equity firm specializing in telecommunications and media companies. He is a partner in Salus Products; a distributor Gaye Jacobs of Programming, Executive Producing PBS Specials, Talent Management, Packaging Comic Book Properties, For 20 years Gaye Jacobs to Producing. Her comprehensive industry experience launched numerous cable For has taught her the art of creating brand awareness and 20 years Gaye Jacobs launched multiple cross platform marketing. numerous cable networks, creating exciting cable-related Lisa began her Executive Producing career in 2002 with campaigns and helped further a National PBS, Valentine’s Day Special LASTING LOVE. strategic business plans for Lisa packaged the deal bringing PBS and AMERICAN numerous companies and GREETING CARDS together. Lisa followed up LL with a associations. documentary film titled HEMPSTERS: PLANT THE SEED, with Woody Harrelson, Willie Nelson, Ralph Nader and Prior to starting "Gifted", Jacobs served as Executive Director various other activists, covering their fight to legalize for Bob Gold & Associates, a PR agency specializing in the growing Industrial Hemp in America. cable television business and was National Sales Director for Aerocast, a streaming media technology company Lisa is President of Golden House Entertainment, Inc. for the cable industry, as well as worked as a business (GHE) is responsible for setting up countless projects. consultant at Incanta to recommend strategies that would help bring that company to market. Marla Gibbs Honorary Board Member For 12 years Jacobs served as Vice President Affiliate Sales and Marketing for Bravo Networks, where under Marla’s career started when she her guidance the network grew from 300,000 to 30 joined PASLA (Performing Arts million subscribers. Society of Los Angeles) with her daughter, Angela, and studied Earlier stints in the industry range from helping to launch at the Mafundi Institute and the Fashion Channel, one of cable TV’s first shopping Watts Writers Workshop. She networks, to positions as Regional Director, Affiliate Sales later joined the Zodiac Theatre and Marketing for Lifetime Television and Corporate and performed in several well Marketing Director for Nostalgia Television. received productions including Medea, Amen Corner and The Gingerbread Lady. After a few bit parts, Ms. Gibbs Jacobs served on the Board of Directors for the Southern landed the plum role of “Florence” in The Jefferson’s California CTAM Chapter, where she is a co-founder for where she gained international notoriety. Soon after, her their Golden Palm Awards. She has also held positions daughter Angela produced the award winning Christine on the Boards of Women in Cable & Telecommunications, Houston play 227 in which Ms. Gibbs was cast as the and Bay Area Cable Club. Her experience in the cable lead by noted Director Ed Cambridge. The play was such industry along with her retail background lead her to a smashing success that Ms. Gibbs purchased the TV create It’s In The Bag. rights. After The Jefferson’s was cancelled, she along with Norman Lear’s Embassy TV, sold and helped produce the She holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Advertising from series for NBC. 227 became a five-year hit series now Youngstown State University in Ohio. She resides in in syndication. Rancho Palos Verdes, California with her husband and two children. Marla is an eight time NAACP Image Award winner, five time Emmy Nominee, Golden Globe Nominee, eight Lisa K. Brause time Family TV award winner, Essence Woman of the Honorary Board Member Year, Frances William’s Women in Theatre West Award winner, Special Black Emmy Nominee honoree, Winner Award winning Producer Lisa of two CEBA Awards, and a host of National and Local K. Brause, brings 17 years of honors. experience in various outlets of the Entertainment industry. Marla has released a CD on her label Forever 30 Records From on-camera and voice entitled “It’s Never Too Late” featuring some original over commercial talent agent songs. for three top agencies in New York and Los Angeles; Post Production Coordinator for the number 1 show in the world BAYWATCH; Director of Distribution, Vice President
Festival Staff
Leslie LaPage President/Festival Director/Founder Donna Hull Co-Producer Kathyrn Belli Festival Coordinator Brigitte Acosta Production Assistant Laura Waddell Production Assistant Phil Arnold Production Assistant Bryan McClure Production Assistant Nicole Negri Production Assistant Elyse Watts Production Assistant Daneida Castillo Production Assistant Jackelin Martinez Production Assistant Max Maxwell VP of Sponsorship & Business Development Robert Brickman Director of Sponsorship & Business Development Owen Gonzales Director of Sponsorship Jason Zeldes Editor for Celebrity Reels Deborah Gilels Director of Expert Panels/Board Member K. “Shadoe” Bowling Shadoeworks – Creative Media Imaging www.shadoeworks.com Jenn Laskey Redlight Special Events & Promotions www.redlightspecialevents.com Luarie Rain Event Photographer Gaye Jacobs Event Goodie Bags / Gifted Inc. www.giftedonline.com
Special Thanks and Appreciation: I would like to convey a special thanks to the below individuals for their uncompromising efforts in making this festival a reality. It is through their donation of time, services and love that this festival became an actuality:
Steve Epstein, Kathy Bowling, Gaye Jacobs, Max Maxwell, Kimberly Myers, Gail Stanberry, Terry Lopez, Deborah Gilels, Rebecca Yee, Jo Ann Ross, Jon Imparato, Patricia Sutherland, Robert Selander, Barrett Epstein LA Femme Film Festival 2010 Seminars with Industry Experts October 16th (Saturday) and October 17th (Sunday)
Panel 1: MARKETING YOUR FILM How to Market and Sell your Film with Social Media Saturday 16th 10am-12noon Venue: The Gallery Conference Room at the Renberg Theatre; 1125 N McCadden Place Los Angeles, CA 90038
We explore the latest nontraditional ways that filmmakers are using the internet and social media to capitalize and sell their films. We will look at how you can use new tools to attract the eyes of distributors who would not ordinarily accept calls from the unrepresented and learn how to gain more traditional, potentially world wide distribution.
Panel 2: INDEPENDENT PITCHING PANEL and PITCH FEST How to Get your Film Made! Saturday, Oct 16th 12noon – 3pm Venue: The Davidson / Valentini Black Box Theatre; 1125 N McCadden Place Los Angeles, CA 90038
We explore the avenues available for the independent filmmakers to get your film made through the pitching process. We will have a panel of expert managers, producers, and development executives who will give pointers and reveal the process of pitching in Hollywood. We will have Q&A with the expert panelists and then you will get to pitch your idea or script in front of our panel - and get direct feedback on your idea, style and presentation. Don’t want to pitch? Just come sit, listen and learn.
Panel 3: FINANCING AND DISTRIBUTION FOR FILM Where’s the Money? Sunday, Oct 17th 12noon-2pm Venue: Writers Guild of America Conference Room; 7000 W 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90048
We explore all the possibilities of getting money for your film. We have an expert panel of entertainment professionals that will give you all the possible ways you can access financing and distribution venues or at least get you started. We will have extensive Q & A.
WGA Panel 4: WGA WEST PRESENTS: SCI FI – CAN YOU MAKE IT SCARY ENOUGH? HOW WOMEN ARE DOING IT Sunday, Oct 17th 2pm-4pm Venue: Writers Guild of America Conference Room; 7000 W 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90048
We explore the changing climate of women writers writing for the Sci Fi genre in a climate that has traditionally been dominated by men. Can women writers break into this genre and survive? We will have extensive Q & A.
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It is only through you that we are able to continue serving the entertainment industry as a help organization for the betterment of women in different entertainment fields. Your support allows us to continue offering this festival to those deserving women who are striving to become professionals in the industry and need a support organization to continue their upward movement. We, as women, are still under represented and under paid for comparable jobs and through LA FEMME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL you can contribute to assisting filmmakers in attending this festival by financially supporting a networking hub for women working in the filmed entertainment fields. Awards Ceremony Celebrity Honorees Awards Ceremony At the Renberg Theatre Followed by After Party, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles Gloria Bieglow will be our Master of Ceremonies with Carmen Carter Performing
ANGELA BASSETT - Image Award Actress, Director, Producer Angela Bassett has built her career around playing some of the most celebrated real-life, pioneering women of the twentieth century. A native of New York City, Bassett & her sister D'nette grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida with their mother Betty. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in African-American studies from Yale and also holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Yale School of Drama.
Among her many artistic accomplishments, Ms. Bassett was Oscar-nominated and won both the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture- Comedy/Musical, and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture, for her star-making performance as Tina Turner/Anna Mae Bullock in 1993’s What's Love Got to Do with It. She won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for her work as the late-Dr. Betty Shabazz in Spike Lee's Malcolm X, (1982). She also received an Emmy nomination her lead role in the 2002 television feature, The Rosa Parks Story, for which she was Executive Producer.
Angela also served as Executive Producer on the films Our American and Bucket of Blood. Her talents continue to expand into directing and producing for the upcoming film United States. She is also developing the television pilot, One Police Plaza. Look for Angela in her upcoming film projects The Green Lantern and Jumping the Broom.
Angela resides in California with her husband, Courtney B. Vance, and her children Bronwyn and Slater.
VIRGINIA MADSEN – Visionary Award Actress, Producer Virginia Madsen is one of Hollywood’s most versatile and unique actresses to date. She received amazing reviews for her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated film, Sideways, and is an Independent Spirit Award-winning actress with an illustrious resume.
Some of her most notable work includes starring roles in A Prairie Home Companion, The Number 23, The Haunting in Connecticut, Firewall, Candyman, The Ripple Effect and The Astronaut Farmer. Virginia also appeared in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Rainmaker and in David Lynch’s Dune. Next up, Virginia stars opposite Kevin Spacey in the indie comedy Father of Invention. She was recently seen starring on ABC’s comedic drama series Scoundrels. Virginia has a production company with partner Karly Meola called Title IX Productions and their first documentary I Know a Woman Like That screens at this year’s LA Femme Film Festival.
Virginia’s talented family includes her Emmy award winning mother, Elaine Madsen, and her brother, the gifted actor, Michael Madsen. Virginia lives in Los Angeles with her teenage son. ANGELA KINSEY – New Establishment Award Actress Broadband Emmy winner Angela Kinsey portrays the feisty, tightly-wound head of accounting “Angela Martin” at Dunder Mifflin on NBC's critically acclaimed show The Office, voted television’s best comedy ensemble by the Screen Actors Guild for the second year in a row. Kinsey's television credits include, All of Us, Run of the House, King of the Hill, Mad TV, Mind of Mencia and Monk. Kinsey has been a member of The Improv Olympic Theater for the last nine years and continues to perform in their notorious The Armando Show.
Recently appointed the new face of Clairol, Kinsey can be followed on her site Adventures with Angela located at NBC.com.
MAGGIE WHEELER – Comedic Actress in Television Actress Maggie is best known worldwide for her unforgettable character of Janice on NBC’s hit series Friends. What started out as a guest spot on a single episode turned into a ten season recurring role that has made its way into TV history While on Friends, Maggie was simultaneously recurring on the CBS hit Everybody Loves Raymond. Maggie has been seen on numerous television shows including Seinfeld, E.R., Will & Grace, How I Met Your Mother, Without a Trace, and many more. Her recent animation work includes voicing the part of “Flame Bang Bang” on Nick at Nites’ Glen Martin DDS, and the voice of “Trinette” on Archer for FX.
Maggie currently lives in Los Angeles with her two children and artist husband and continues to work in television, film and voice-over.
LA FEMME FILM FESTIVAL PARTY SCHEDULE
October 14, 2010, Thursday October 16, 2010, Saturday LA Femme Film Festival “Livin’ La Vida Saturday” “Lisa Haley Musical Event Fundraiser At La Vida Restaurant & Lounge and After Party” 1448 North Gower St Los Angeles 90028 At The Renberg Theatre 9pm-on 1125 N McCadden Pl Los Angeles 90038 DJ, Networking, Hors d ‘Oeuvres, 7pm-11:30pm including the After Party Club Attire Ticket Includes: Nosh, DJ, Sponsored Bar Show begins at 7pm After Party to Follow Goodie Bags, Upscale Casual Attire
October 15, 2010, Friday October 17, 2010 Sunday “Let Your Hair Down Friday” LA Femme Film Festival At Sofitel Hotel Stone Rose Lounge Awards Ceremony 8555 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles 90048 At the Renberg Theatre 9pm-on Followed by After Party DJ, Hors d ‘Oeuvres, Mix and Mingle 1125 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles 90038 Upscale Club Attire Ceremony to start at 7pm DJ, Networking, Hors d ‘Oeuvres, Sponsored Alcohol, Goodie Bags Dressy Business Attire Master of Ceremonies / Featured Artist
MASTER OF CEREMONIES GLORIA BIGELOW Comedienne Subtle, disarming, and witty - Gloria Bigelow is a refreshing comic who has become a favorite and a “one to watch” on the national comedy scene. An openly gay black woman, “she’s got a bone to pick with everybody!” She does so by wittingly tackling issues from low lesbian esteem to the iconization of Snoop Dog, all done with a smile. Bitten by the comedy bug after moving to New York, Glo seamlessly slipped into the world of comedy, performing at all of the top comedy clubs.
You can currently catch Gloria in Laughing Matters…Next Gen on the LOGO network, or in Afterellen.com’s One Night Stand-Up comedy special.
FEATURED ARTIST CARMEN CARTER Singer/Actress Carmen Carter’s musical career has been undeniable eventful. She currently captivates audiences each week with her voice on the hit reality television show Dancing with the Stars. She has blanketed the television screen with performances on the Family Guy, American Dad, South Park, Ally McBeal, Friends, and more. Her voice is behind many well-know television theme songs including those for Moesha, Sister Sister, Touched by an Angel, Hangin’ with Mister Cooper as well as featured on the riveting soundtracks for Madagascar 2, Prince of Egypt, The Lion King: Simba’s Pride and The Frog and the Prince.
Whether singing background vocals on recordings with Barbra Streisand, Michael Buble, and Celine Dion, or enhancing the live performances of Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan and Dianne Ross, Carmen Carter’s dynamic energy is taking the industry to a new level of perfection.
VENUE AND SCREENING SCHEDULE
Thursday Thursday Friday Friday Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday October 14, 2010 October 14, 2010 October 15, 2010 October 15, 2010 October 16, 2010 October 16, 2010 October 17, 2010 October 17, 2010 Venue 1 Venue 2 Venue 1 Venue 2 Venue 1 Venue 2 Venue 1 Venue 2 Renberg Theatre Davidson/Valentini Theatre Renberg Theatre Davidson/Valentini Theatre Renberg Theatre Davidson/Valentini Theatre Renberg Theatre Davidson/Valentini Theatre 1125 N McCadden Place 1125 N McCadden Place 1125 N McCadden Place 1125 N McCadden Place 1125 N McCadden Place 1125 N McCadden Place 1125 N McCadden Place 1125 N McCadden Place Los Angeles 90038 Los Angeles 90038 Los Angeles 90038 Los Angeles 90038 Los Angeles 90038 Los Angeles 90038 Los Angeles 90038 Los Angeles 90038
9:00-10:00AM 9:00-10:00AM 9:00-10:00AM 9:00-10:00AM 9:00-10:00AM 9:00-10:00AM 9:00-10:00AM 9:00-10:00AM Badge Registration Filmmaker Badge Registration Badge Registration Filmmaker Badge Registration Filmmaker Badge Registration Filmmaker Badge Registration Filmmaker Badge Registration Filmmaker Badge Registration Press/Festival Check In Filmmaker Press/Festival Press/Festival Check In Press/Festival Check In Press/Festival Check In Press/Festival Check In Press/Festival Check In Filmmaker Press/Festival Check In Check In 10:00-12:00Noon 10:00-12:00Noon 10:00-11:00AM 10:00-12:00Noon 10:00-12:00 Noon 10:00-12:00Noon 10:00-12:00Noon 10:00-12:00Noon Women in Refuge –SDOC Welcome-S 21min Kisses In the Night- MV Timothy’s Room – S 10min One Dance- S 7min Binge- S 14min Asylum – S 20min Rain For Morgan – S 21 min 33min When Police Become Prey- 5min 7th of July- S 19min Dolores – S 10min Gordita –S 11min Annabelle & Bear - F 100min Savor the Insanity- S 14min The Lost Girls of South Africa- FDOC 89min Miracle – S 7min This is Who We Are We Are- S Violets are Blue- S 17min Lost Angels – FDOC 76 min BAS!- FDOC 77min FDOC 78min Getting Pregnant- S 15min 14min Madly in Love- F 85min ------Four Sisters – S 12min Harvest of Grief- FDOC 66min 10:00-12:00 NOON Courting Hope- S 13min Marketing Your Film Panel: How to Sell Your Film Using Social Media 11:00 – 1:00 PM Location: Gallery Conference Jack and Jill – S 12min Room Lighthouse- S 18min Upstairs Renberg 999 – F 90min 12:00-2:00PM 12:00-2:00PM 12:00-2:00PM 12:00- 2:00PM 12:00-3:00PM 12:00-2:00PM 12:00-2:00PM Mumbai Massacre- FDOC Cinemazing- S 23min Highway- S 9min Watchguard- MV 2min Independent Pitching Panel and The Uninvited Ghost- S 18min Far From Home- s 13min 52min Undercover- S 18min Reunited – S 27min Zimbabwe- S 17min Pitch Fest with Experts Rain Down- F 96min Four Feet Up- SDOC – 46min HN Hermann Nitsch- FDOC Music of the Brain- FDOC Keiko: The Untold Story- FDOC A Foundling- F 90min Venue 2: Davidson/Valentini In the Name of Democracy- 62min 55min 1:00-3:00PM 74min FDOC 60min FAR- MV 2min ------I’m Afraid I’m Hitler- S 21min 12:00-2:00PM Kissed By Lightning- F 89min Financing & Distribution Panel 2:00-4:00PM 2:00-4:00PM 2:00-4:00PM 2:00-4:00PM 2:00-5:00 PM Can You Get Money? Messenger Knocks 3 Times- S Mediocrity for Miracles- S If I Had a Balloon- MV 5min Live My Life- MV 4min Phil Cobb’s Dinner for Four- F Location: Writers Guild of 49 min 8min Pluto- S 11min Notes on lying- S 11min 80mins America Conf Rm. Acts of Mercy- F 82min Epiphany-S 23min Stages of Emily – S 11min Beaverton – S 12 min Atlantic Crossing: A Robot’s 7000 W 3rd Street Good Morning Africa-FDOC Love, Lust, & Lies- FDOC 87min Prime of Your life- F 87min Daring Mission – FDOC 82min Los Angeles, CA 90048 85min 3:00-5:00PM 3:00-5:00PM 2:00-4:00PM Hideaway- MV 3min The Unplanned Lesson – S 3min INFIN- S 16min Before We Get to Seattle- S Telemafia- S 9min Halloween on 6th St.- FDOC 10min Notes – S 12min 88min 4:00-6:00PM Lady Late Night - S 17min 4:00-6:00PM 4:00-6:00PM MZUNGA (n.) White Wanderer------Garbage Child- SDOC 18min 30 is the New 12- S 30min Lunch- SDOC 26min Gumbo- S 13min FDOC 82min 2:00-400PM Assisting Venus - FDOC On Thin Ice- F 60min Living Downstream- FDOC 85min Lift- S 10min WGA, West : Panel 100min The Muskrat Boy of Griffith Park- S Sci Fi - Can You Make It 11min Scary Enough? How Kill The Habit- F 80min Women Are Doing It. Location: Writers Guild of America Conf Rm. 7000 W 3rd Street Los Angeles, CA 90048 5:00-7:00PM 5:00-6:00PM 4:00-6:00pm Self Storage- S 8min Angle-S 7 min I Want to Spend the Rest of Nothing Special- F 99MIN The Seedling- S 20min My Life With You- S 3min (Special Screening) Sand Mountain- SDOC 34min 6:00-8:00PM 6:00-8:00PM 6:00-8:00PM A Good Man- FDOC 79min Girls In White Dresses- SDOC Re-creation- MV 6min The Last Elephants in Thailand- 7:00-10:00PM 26min Touch- SDOC 11min SDOC 40min Night Catches Us – F 88min I Know A Woman Like That- FDOC Push Bike- S 12min Skin Trade- FDOC 82min Q&A to follow with Stars and 96min Truth About Kerry- F 84min Filmmaker of the Film 8:00-10:00PM 8:00-10:00PM 8:00-10:00PM Birdman- SDOC 10min LBCK “Start” - MV 4min Seen Also In Men- SDOC 26min Latching On- SDOC 36min US: Moving Variations - SA 4min Mountains That Take Wing- FDOC Pink Smoke Over the Vatican- Tidal Marks- S 18min 97min FDOC 62min B-Girl – F 87min
7:00pm – 11:30PM 9:00- 2AM 9:00-2AM 7:00-11PM Lisa Haley Musical Event Fundraiser and After Party “Let Your Hair Down Friday” “Livin’ La Vida Saturday” Awards Ceremony and Awards After Party Renberg Theater After Party at the Sofitel Hotel: Stone Rose Lounge After Party at La Vida: Restaurant & Lounge Renberg Theater: 1125 McCadden Place Hosted Bar, DJ, Nosh, Networking, Goodie Bags 8555 Beverly Blvd 1448 North Gower St. Los Angeles, CA 90038 with ticket purchase Los Angeles, CA 90048 Los Angeles, CA 90028 Hosted Bar, DJ, Nosh & Networking, Goodie Bags ( Upscale Casual ) DJ, Nosh & Networking ( Upscale Club Attire ) DJ, Nosh, Networking ( Club Attire ) ( Business Dressy ) CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS SPECIAL SCREENINGS
NIGHT CATCHES US OCT 15, 7-10 PM (SPECIAL SCREENING) VENUE 1: RENBERG (Q&A WITH CAST MEMBERS AND FILMMAKER FOLLOWING SCREENING)
WRITER/DIRECTOR TANYA HAMILTON
PRODUCERS RON SIMON, SEAN COSTELLO, JASON ORANS
RT: 88 MIN
CAST: Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Hector, Wendell Pierce, Amari Cheatom
SYNOPSIS: In 1976, after years of mysterious absence, Marcus (Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt Locker”) returns to the Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age in the midst of the Black Power movement. While his arrival raises suspicion among his family and former neighbors, he finds acceptance from his old friend Patricia (Kerry Washington, “Ray,” “Lift”) and her daughter.
ANGLE OCT 16, 5-6 PM (SPECIAL SCREENING) VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR RICK WALLS
PRODUCER JACQUELINE ANN FINCH
RT: 7 MIN
CAST: Jens Kohler, Jacqueline Ann Finch
SYNOPSIS: In this short, a young man sits literally on the edge of suicide on top of a 20th story building. Will Angle save him in time?
THE SEEDLING OCT 16, 5-6 PM (SPECIAL SCREENING) VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER CHRIS ROSS LEONG
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DWAYNE COMELIOUS LADD
WRITER JACQUELINE ANN FINCH
RT: 17 MIN
CAST: Jacqueline Ann Finch, Johnny Sale
SYNOPSIS: An attractive women checks into a hotel for a liaison with a young man. There, she chooses between destruction and salvation, both for herself and the man she loves. FEATURE FILMS 999 A FOUNDLING The 2010 OCT 15, 11-1PM OCT 16, 12-2 PM LA Femme Film VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR/ WRITER/ Festival Selections WRITER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARINA KUNAROVA CARLY LYN
PRODUCER PRODUCERS YERNAR MALIKOV CARLY LYN, COLIN BARTON, RICHARD DUBIN
RT: 90 MIN RT: 90 MIN
CAST: Kamila Ermekova, Valera Zadornovsky CAST: Cindy Chiu, Nora Jesse, Tim Chiou
SYNOPSIS: Metiss is a talented rapper, who SYNOPSIS: A young Chinese woman in the Old West managed to overcome drug addiction, but paid a rescues her long lost sister, Mattie, from a brothel high price for it. This day, he comes across Linda, in Arizona only to discover the strange wreckage a young woman whom he tries to save. of an otherworldly craft and a baby inside.
ANNABELLE & BEAR ACTS OF MERCY ASSISTING VENUS OCT 17, 10-12 NOON OCT 14, 2-4 PM OCT 14, 4-6PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/WRITER/ WRITERS/PRODUCERS PRODUCER/CO-WRITER PRODUCER MICHELE MARTIN, CHARLES AMY S. WEBER LAURA C. LOPEZ HUDDLESTON PRODUCER TINA WEBER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER DIRECTOR ERICA HARRELL CHARLES HUDDLESTON
PRODUCER BRYCE HUDSON
RT: 100 MIN RT: 82 MIN RT: 100 MIN
CAST: Curt Massof, Olivia Walby CAST: TOVAH FELDSHUH, ALEKSA PALLADINO CAST: Michael Steger, Michele Martín, Kirsten Gronfield SYNOPSIS: A tender story of a man who finds SYNOPSIS: Trapped between her moral convictions himself thrust into fatherhood, and the unexpected and pressure from her superior, young hospice SYNOPSIS: A shy and awkward young man stuck journey that leads him to discover the life-altering nurse, Maggie Collins, must define the limits of in post-college purgatory, finds himself exploring love found in the heart of his little girl. mercy. options after quitting his computer job. He meets the woman of his dreams in this modern Pygmalion story.
B-GIRL KILL THE HABIT KISSED BY LIGHTNING OCT 16, 8-10 PM OCT 16, 4-6 PM OCT 15, 1-3 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE EMILY DELL PRODUCER PRODUCER LAURA NERI SHELLEY NIRO PRODUCER ELIZABETH DELL PRODUCERS WRITER ALDO SHLLAKU, JANEEN KEN CHUBB LEVIN, LINDA PIANIGIANI
RT: 88 MIN RT: 80 MIN RT: 89 MIN
CAST: Jules Urich, Missy Yager, Drew Sidora, CAST: Lili Mirojnick, Katerina Moutsatsos, Maria- SYNOPSIS: Mavis Dogblood is a Mohawk painter Aimee Garcia, James Martinez, Richard Yniguez, Elena Laas, Joe Lia who keeps the memory of her dead husband Jenny Gago, Wesley Jonathan Jessie Lightning alive through the recreation of SYNOPSIS: A politically incorrect dark comedy stories he would tell her. SYNOPSIS: Set in the world of underground hip- about 3 chicks trying to get rid of a corpse. hop, B-GIRL is the story of a female break dancer (aka a b-girl) fighting for her identity in a harsh world of violence. FEATURE FILMS
MADLY IN LOVE NOTHING SPECIAL ON THIN ICE OCT 16, 10-12 NOON OCT 15, 5-7 PM OCT 15, 3-5 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR/WRITER LUIF ANNA WRITER ALLI HAAPASALO ANGELA GARCIA COMBS PRODUCER PRODUCER ANDRES BRÜTSCH EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS PIIA NOKELAINEN BEN COMBS, DANIEL COMBS
PRODUCER RICHARD WILSON
RT: 99 MIN RT: 85 MIN RT: 60 MIN CAST: Barbara Bain, Julia Garcia Combs, Karen CAST: Muraleetharan Sandrasegaram CAST: Jussi Nikkilä, Jani Volanen, Elena Leeve Black SYNOPSIS: Devan is marrying Nisha from Sri SYNOPSIS: This is about a mercenary and a taxi Lanka, whom he met through Skype. He falls SYNOPSIS: A dark and funny tale of the intense driver who meet on Christmas Eve and go on madly in love with her but his feelings are not emotional lives of three women living in the a life-changing road trip together in Helsinki, exactly returned by the woman from this arranged shadow of the Hollywood sign. Finland. Inspired by true events. relationship.
PHIL COBB’S DINNER FOR FOUR PRIME OF YOUR LIFE RAIN DOWN OCT 17, 2-5 PM OCT 16, 2-4 PM OCT 17, 12-2 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG
WRITER/DIRECTOR/ DIRECTOR DIRECTOR PRODUCER KELLY KING GARWIN SANFORD LAURENE WILLIAMS PRODUCER PRODUCER CO-PRODUCER NICOLE ABISINIO JOHANNE GREGORY ANITA J. LEE
RT: 80 MIN RT: 87 MIN RT: 96 MIN
CAST: Eric Pierpoint, Josh Stamberg, Lanre Idewu, CAST: Nicole Abisinio, Ryan Donowho CAST: Daisy Lippa, Jessica Hill Katie Lowes SYNOPSIS: A 20-something slacker girl meets a SYNOPSIS: Carla Springer ekes out a living SYNOPSIS: An ex-chef turned mortgage broker’s charming rebel at her best friend's funeral and training horses on her hard scrabble ranch when clairvoyant girlfriend tells him he is going to die at teams up with him to commit a series of cons. the government gives notice that it intends to one of his dinner parties. expropriate her property.
TRUTH ABOUT KERRY OCT 16, 6-8 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER/CO- PRODUCER KATIE TORPEY
PRODUCER SHAUN O’SULLIVAN
RT: 84 MIN
CAST: Stana Katic, Darren Keefe
SYNOPSIS: An American Woman is found dead on a beach in Ireland. Her best friend travels to the small, mysterious fishing village in Ireland to find out what really happened to her friend. SHORT FILMS 7TH OF JULY 30 IS THE NEW 12 ASYLUM OCT 15, 10-12 NOON OCT 15, 3-5 PM OCT 17, 10-12 NOON VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR /WRITER DIRECTOR KIMBERLY LENG SHARI GREICAR DIANA BIRCH
PRODUCERS PRODUCER KADI RODRIGUEZ, AMY LEILA BIRCH VASSALLO, JEN MAYO
RT: 19 MIN RT: 30 MIN RT: 21 MIN
CAST: Jean Toh, Yeo Yann Yann CAST: Jennifer Hall, Jackie Geary, Angela Gots CAST: Leila Birch, Diana Birch, Sophia Birch
SYNOPSIS: Ever since the death of her husband, SYNOPSIS: Take a ride with Cassidy on her GT SYNOPSIS: Asylum seeking young people are Lyna is required to take over a noodle stall at the Dyno BMX bike in this small suburban town as she enabled to tell their own painful stories through coffee shop while relying heavily on her daughter's is awakened and begins to discover who she is by dramatic reconstructions, art and music. help as she is deaf. getting rid of her BFF.
BEAVERTON BEFORE WE GET TO SEATTLE BINGE OCT 16, 2-4 PM OCT 15, 3-5 PM OCT 16, 10-12 NOON VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS DIRECTOR/WRITER VALESCA CNOSSEN APRIL MOSQUS, ADAM LINN JULIETA LIMA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRODUCER LINDSEY GHRISKEY JOE RAPOSO JR CANDELA FIGUEIRA
RT: 12 MIN RT: 10 MIN RT: 14 MIN
CAST: Taryn O’Neill, Peter Jason Cast: Claire Buckingham, Claire Natale CAST: Rachel Stander
SYNOPSIS: Alex has spent many typical holidays SYNOPSIS: It's 1992 and teenage runaway Chloe SYNOPSIS: Ana wakes up every day with a burden with her Dad in suburbia. This Christmas isn't one has big dreams, and her heart set on getting out on her heart. She has a secret, a pain too difficult of them. of New Jersey and heading out to the West Coast for some to understand. to start a band.
CINEMAZING COURTING HOPE DOLORES OCT 14, 12-2 PM OCT 15, 10-11 AM OCT 16, 10-12 NOON VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/WRITER/ DIRECTOR PRODUCER/WRITER PRODUCER EDUARDO MOISÉS JAMIE KENNEDY NATALIE REBECCA ESCRIBANO SOLERA HECHTMAN PRODUCERS WRITER CARA MCKEOWN, GREG ASSOCIATE PRODUCER MANUELA B. MORENO HANSON MIRIAM HECHTMAN
RT: 24 MIN RT: 13 MIN RT: 10 MIN
CAST: Robert DiCicco, Mary Fegreus CAST: Helmut Bakaitis, Yvonne Rae CAST: Manuela Burló
SYNOPSIS: A coming of age story with a group of SYNOPSIS: Hope exists at any time, any age and SYNOPSIS: The film is set at a bus stop. It’s an people who work in a movie theater. One girl, under any circumstances. Hope, an 80 year old ordinary evening. Two lonely people randomly Kylie, is about to take a chance at happiness and widow chooses to take a leap of faith believing meet and share their hopes and dreams. strive for something better. that she can find love again. SHORT FILMS
EPIPHANY FAR FROM HOME (LOIN DE CHEZ NOUS) FOUR SISTERS OCT 14, 2-4 PM OCT 17, 12-2 PM OCT 15, 10 -11 AM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR XUEMEI HAN ÉMILIE LEMAY DANA WARREN
PRODUCER PRODUCER PRODUCER WAN YAN CHENG VUK STOJANOVIC LYNN ANDREWS
WRITER WANDA NOLAN
RT: 23 MIN RT: 13 MIN RT: 12 MIN CAST: Beatrice Chien, Evelyn Magdelena, Wee CAST: Alexandra Guériault, Jessé Raphaël CAST: Deidre Gillard-Rowlings, Janet Michael, Liang Tan Janet Edmonds, Ruth Lawrence SYNOPSIS: In trying to save his little sister from an SYNOPSIS: Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing abject reality, Leo leads Lili into his drift. But, being SYNOPSIS: An old flame dredges up family secrets. us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those away from home, reality may not be the solution. Will four sisters finally put their jealousies and transcendent moments of awe that change how misconceptions to rest? we experience life.
GETTING PREGNANT GORDITA GUMBO OCT 15, 10-11 AM OCT 16, 10-12 NOON OCT 16, 4-6 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER ALEXIS BOLING DEBBY WOLFE ERIC MORGAN STUART
WRITER/PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BODINE ORBAN KAZ KIPP VELEETA DACOSTA
PRODUCER PRODUCER REBECCA HAMM ANDREEN SOLEY
RT: 15 MIN RT: 11 MIN RT: 13 MIN
CAST: Alison Weisgall, Bodine Orban, Casey CAST: Talia Zapien, Jessica Martinez, Gaby CAST: Dahlia DaCosta, Logan Alexander Unterman, Collin Smith Gutierrez, Gloria Sandoval, Carlos Ramirez, Raquel Cordova SYNOPSIS: A woman becomes unhinged after she SYNOPSIS: A violent run-in on the street leads a uncovers a painful secret. young woman to question what she's capable of SYNOPSIS: An HD short film about a young, plus doing. size Latina who reconnects with her lost confidence through the help of a cassette tape she recorded as a sassy, booty-shakin’ teen in 1994.
HIGHWAY I’M AFRAID I’M HITLER INFIN OCT 15, 12-2 PM OCT 15, 1-3 PM OCT 17, 2-4 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR/PRODUCER ARIYA WATTY WRITER SABINE WOLF RUCHIKA LALWANI PRODUCER BRIAN BARROW PRODUCER ASHISH SEHGAL
RT: 9 MIN RT: 21 MIN RT: 16 MIN
CAST: Wayne Kiger, Elizabeth C. Scott CAST: Bernhard Forcher, Anna Gutto, Demi Pirrone, CAST: Sabine Wolf Dirk Weiler, Edgar Eguia, Bradley Whitedale SYNOPSIS: A brother and sister try to make it SYNOPSIS: This is the story of Renji, a lonesome through the night when their mom abandons SYNOPSIS: Adien has confined himself to his home civil servant whose heart turns into an animal and them on the side of an empty highway. for over a year because he guards a secret that, if vanishes in his dreams. disclosed, would set the entire world against him. SHORT FILMS I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY JACK & JILL LADY LATE NITE LIFE WITH YOU OCT 17, 4-6 PM OCT 15, 11-1 PM OCT 15, 3-5 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER D IRECTOR/PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR/WRITER MANUELA B. MORENO WRITER NICOLE BAZUIN LORNA VENTURA DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRODUCER PRODUCER/WRITER BRETT ASHLEY EDUARDO MOISÉS ESCRIBANO ROSA ARREDONDO SOLERA
RT: 11 MIN RT: 3 MIN RT: 17 MIN CAST: James Patirc Moran, Rosa Arredondo CAST: Manuela Burló CAST: Robyn-Kay Pilarski, Lauren Toffan, Kristopher SYNOPSIS: What would you do, if you ran into the Bowman SYNOPSIS: I want to spend the rest of my life with person who ruined your life... and he didn't even you. SYNOPSIS: Song, dance, and visual spectacle unite remember you? as a desirous young starlet finds love and illusion the night of her appearance on a late-night talk show.
LIFT LIGHTHOUSE MEDIOCRITY FOR MIRACLES OCT 16, 4-6 PM OCT 15, 11-1 PM OCT 14, 2-4 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/WRITER LING LI DATEV GALLAGHER ANN MARIE ALLISON PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER THOMAS LORNE BILL BRAKEFIELD
RT: 10 MIN RT: 18 MIN RT: 8 MIN
CAST: Sophia Medley, Caroline G. Pleasant, CAST: JAMES GILBERT, KRISTEN RUHLIN CAST: Ann Veillon Clayton Stocker Myers, Ginger O'Brien, Michael Robert Young, Tammy Turner Synopsis: A lonely lighthouse keeper saves a SYNOPSIS: Willow County, a small southern town mysterious drowning girl, who insists that she is a once famous for a bizarre miracle, has now SYNOPSIS: Are love's ups and downs always worth fish. Despite their blooming romance she decides become a quiet and forgotten place except when the ride? to return to the ocean. paths cross in this chance encounter.
MESSENGER KNOCKS THREE TIMES MIRACLE NOTES OCT 14, 2-4 PM OCT 15, 10-11 AM OCT 16, 3-5 PM VENUE 1: RENBER VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/WRITER ELO SELIRAND PRODUCER/WRITER RAQUEL FAUSTO XOCHITL GONZALEZ
PRODUCER GIULIA PRENNA
RT: 49 MIN RT: 7 MIN RT: 12 MIN
SYNOPSIS: A single mother, Marju, is trying to CAST: Lidia Pires, Marcus Acosta, Richard Yniguez CAST: Francisco Froes, Simona Morales cope with her everyday life, making the ordinary SYNOPSIS: Javier, a high school senior, gets magical for her. Synopsis: Notes is a narrative romantic comedy suspended one time too many and his parents about a man plunged in a secret and unusual demand he choose between taking medicine for affair when his current relationship comes to a his supposed ADHD or Oak Creek, a treatment plateau. facility. Javier chooses drugs, but will they help? SHORT FILMS
NOTES ON LYING ONE DANCE PLUTO OCT 16, 2-4 PM OCT 16, 10-12 NOON OCT 15, 2-4 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER DIRECTOR PRODUCER STEVE MARINO HEATHER DE MICHELE TIRZAH SHARIA WRITER PRODUCER PRODUCER STEPHANIE T. K EEFER ASHLEY J. HILLARD JESSICA MATTHEWS WRITER WRITER JUDE ROTH SCOTT BURNS
RT: 11 MIN RT: 11 MIN RT: 7 MIN CAST: Katharine McEwan, Elizabeth Barrett, Jude CAST: Casey Labow, Robyn Cohen, Todd Cahoon CAST: Choice Skinner, Stephanie T. Keefer Roth Synopsis: A surrealistic thriller that explores the SYNOPSIS: The suburban dating scene can be SYNOPSIS: Pluto is a no-holds-barred story about repercussions of cheating. awkward, but sometimes you just have to get out two sisters, their sick mother, and a tough decision of the house. about killing her.
PUSH BIKE RAIN FOR MORGAN REUNITED OCT 16, 6-8 PM OCT 17, 10- 12 NOON OCT 15, 12-2 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ MAIRI CAMERON MARISA BROWN WRITER RICHARD PETERS PRODUCER DESI ACHILLEOS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HOWARD STORM
PRODUCER KERRY FINLAYSON
RT: 12 MIN RT: 20 MIN RT: 27 MIN CAST: Karmen Raspovic, Grant Buse CAST: Erin Dewar, Fleur Murphy, Geordie Taylor, Chris Saxton CAST: Robert Pine, Bridget Hanley, Alex Schemmer, SYNOPSIS: When her clothes are stolen from the Cheryl Texiera, Trevor Teichmann pool change room one night, Michelle must brave SYNOPSIS: Set in drought-stricken, post WWII SYNOPSIS: A moving story about a rumpled novelist, a nude ride home on her old push bike. country Australia, Rain for Morgan captures both the beauty and the eerie other-worldliness of love who embarks on a literary ride whilst writing a in a dying landscape. memoir of his life with his beloved wife Sylvia.
SAVOR THE INSANITY SELF STORAGE STAGES OF EMILY OCT 17, 10-12 NOON OCT 15, 5-7 PM OCT 15, 2-4 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR/PRODUCER PRODUCER SCOTT KEINER JACK C. NEWELL BRAD BROMELMEIER PRODUCER/WRITER WRITER/EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ JULIE MANN, KIMBERLY TREW PRODUCER WRITER DANIELLE UHLARIK CONNIE MONROE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GEORGE SCHOEPPNER
RT: 11 MIN RT: 14 MIN RT: 8 MIN CAST: Danielle Uhlarik, Dick Costolo CAST: Connie Monroe, Dave Buglione, Renato CAST: Julie Mann, Kimberly Trew, Eddie Jemison, Gian Molina, Dave Holmes, Terrence Taylor Biribin, Sandra Purpuro SYNOPSIS: What would you do if you had Forty- Eight hours to live? Emily is forced to deal with that SYNOPSIS: Kat, a thirty three year old, Irish Catholic, SYNOPSIS: Two girls. One storage unit. Home single woman, is forced to move back with her sweet home. When they are evicted from their question while preparing for her wedding which parents and live in their attic. She is looking for apartment, Dana and Shoshanna, two broke, - conveniently - is also two days away. love, work and any way to get out. young women, move into a storage unit and struggle to make it into a proper home. SHORT FILMS TELEMAFIA THE MUSKRAT BOY OF GRIFFITH PARK THE UNIVITED GHOST OCT 16, 3-5 PM OCT 16, 4-6 PM OCT 17, 12-2 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER EMMY GRINWIS PRODUCER/WRITER DIANA NAMM HEATHER SCHMIDT PRODUCER PRODUCER MOIRA MICHIELS ERIC MOFFORD
RT: 8 MIN RT: 11 MIN RT: 18 MIN CAST: Jeff Richards, Ray Abruzzo CAST: Corena Chase, Kevin Fennessy, Matthew CAST: Bob Bancroft, Clare Salstrom Synopsis: A consumer's revenge on a Marcy, Will Lyman SYNOPSIS: A reclusive and phobic concert pianist telemarketer. SYNOPSIS: This is the story of a unconventional confronts his self-induced exile, when a beautiful, friendship between a lonely young woman with vivacious, and persistent female ghost suddenly a flare for the fantastical and a scruffy, peculiar appears in his home. boy.
THE UNPLANNED LESSON THIS IS WHO WE ARE TIDAL MARKS OCT 16, 3-5 PM OCT 15, 10-12 NOON OCT 16, 8-10PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR/WRITER LAUREN TRACY WRITER PRISCILLA CAMERON STEPHANIE WILLIS PRODUCER PRODUCER EMILY MCKEATING PRODUCER HEATHER PHILLIPS BROOKE RANDOLPH
RT: 3 MIN RT: 18 MIN RT: 14 MIN CAST: Margaret Folwell, Michael Amato CAST: Adam Horner, Sara Grenfell CAST: Caroline Stack SYNOPSIS: In a classroom where Jimmy pines for SYNOPSIS: Lauren, a 40 yr old, is desperate for SYNOPSIS: Cheryl, a socially awkward woman who Tina, the kids scheme and rules are broken. Ms. clings to her mother for a sense of self worth, falls a baby. After advertising online, she arranges a Teacher discovers them and doom ensues! into disarray when her mother enters the hospital. meeting with a man supposedly 30 yrs old, who Now she has to learn to stand on her own. agrees to be a no-strings father. Who shows up is very different.
TIMOTHY’S ROOM TOUCH UNDERCOVER OCT 15, 10- 12 NOON OCT 16, 6-8 PM OCT 14, 12-2 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/ WRITER JEN MCGOWAN WRITER MARY-MARGARET MARTINEZ IMAN ZAWAHRY PRODUCER PHILIP LOTT PRODUCER JOEY DAOUD
RT: 10 MIN RT: 11 MIN RT: 18 MIN
CAST: Michael J. Uhlman, Mariah Fallon, Mac CAST: Lily Knight, Rachel Kanouse CAST: Aline Elasmar, Mark Odlum Hegyes, Mary Beth Pape SYNOPSIS: Sometimes, the most personal connection SYNOPSIS: Dodging pork sandwiches and diving SYNOPSIS: A modern day ghost story. in your life occurs with a complete stranger. into pig pens, Nada Assad, an American Muslim cop, attempts to solve a pig-napping case to be promoted to detective. SHORT FILMS
US: MOVING VARIATIONS VIOLETS ARE BLUE ZIMBABWE OCT 16, 8-10 PM OCT 16, 10-12 NOON OCT 16, 12-2 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR/WRITER DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/WRITER ZAKIYA I. MASON PRODUCER ANJULI HINDS GARANCE MEILLON PRODUCER PRODUCER SYLWIA DUDZINSKA JAY RAJA
RT: 4 MIN RT: 17 MIN RT: 16 MIN
Synopsis: Using modern dance techniques and CAST: Drew Gatto CAST: Alyssa Nielsen, Christopher Borger hand-drawn crayon and paint, this film breaks SYNOPSIS: A socially draft young man working SYNOPSIS: Two young children of Zimbabwe are social interactions down to movement, music, and at a garage has to challenge his asocial side to forced into a fight they hardly understand when rhythm. woo the girl working at the dry cleaners across they are pitted one against the other during a the street. sudden farm invasion.
The LA Femme Film Festival and its Sponsor’s would like to say Congratulations to the honorees & winners. THANK YOU for the art, creativity, vision and passion you have for your craft. We look forward to watching you continue to reach for your dreams in making them reality and sharing them with the world. DOCUMENTARIES A GOOD MAN ATLANTIC CROSSING: A ROBOT’S BAS! BEYOND THE RED LIGHT OCT 17, 4-6 PM DARING MISSION OCT 17, 2-5 PM OCT 17, 10-12 NOON VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR/WRITER SAFINA UBEROI DENA SEIDEL WENDY CHAMPAGNE
PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HIMMAN DHAMIJA, JENNY RICHARD LUDESCHER SYLVIE VAN BRABANT DAY PRODUCERS WENDY CHAMPAGNE, DENIS MCCREADY
RT: 79 MIN RT: 82 MIN RT: 77 MIN
SYNOPSIS: The story of an Australian farmer, his SYNOPSIS: THE STORY OF A PASSIONATE TEAM OF SCIENTISTS SYNOPSIS: We follow 13 young girls who are quadriplegic wife, their newborn baby, and their WHO MAKE HISTORY BY SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATING THE FIRST rescued from Mumbai's brothels as they confront plans to open a brothel in a small country town. AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER ROBOT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC the inner and outer perils of life after rescue and OCEAN. revealing the human story inside the big business of child trafficking
BIRDMAN FOUR FEET UP GARBAGE CHILD OCT 15, 8-10 PM OCT 17, 12-2 PM OCT 14, 4-6 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/WRITER PRODUCER/WRITER PRODUCER NANCE ACKERMAN TRICIA PARKER JENNI MORELLO EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KENT MARTIN
PRODUCER ANNETTE CLARKE
RT: 46 MIN RT: 10 MIN RT: 18 MIN SYNOPSIS: This is an intimate portrayal of child SYNOPSIS: A character profile on a specialty bird SYNOPSIS: This extraordinary true story documents shop in New York City. poverty in Canada and the circumstances in which a teenager’s struggle with her mother’s they have to survive. schizophrenia and hording disorder through disturbing home videos.
GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES GOOD MORNING AFRICA HALLOWEEN ON 6TH STREET OCT 15, 6-8 PM OCT 14, 2-4 PM OCT 17, 2-4 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTORS RONISA WILKINS SHOATE CHIARA SAMBUCHI CHRIS BLANKENSHIP, MICHELLE CANNING PRODUCERS VELISSA ROBINSON, PRODUCER CHIYUME SUGAWARA MICHELLE CANNING
RT: 27 MIN RT: 85 MIN RT: 88 MIN
SYNOPSIS: We follow the debutante season of SYNOPSIS: This is a very closed and intimate CAST: BUD HASERT six African-American young women in Oxnard, portrait of four special African women dealing SYNOPSIS: Austin extreme enthusiasts rise to the California exploring the history of the debutante with the tragedies of the African continent in the creative challenge in outlandish amateur costume tradition in the African-American community. most difficult situations. creation for the love of Halloween. DOCUMENTARIES HARVEST OF GRIEF HN HERMANN NITSCH I KNOW A WOMAN LIKE THAT OCT 15, 10-12 NOON OCT 14, 12-2 PM OCT 15, 6-8 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/CO-PRODUCER DIRECTOR ANWAR JAMAL DANIELA AMBROSOLI ELAINE MADSEN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GHAZALA KHAN DANIELE MAZZOCCA VIRGINIA MADSEN
PRODUCER PRODUCER RASIL BASU KARLY MEOLA
RT: 66 MIN RT: 62 Min RT: 96 MIN
SYNOPSIS: We chronicle the agricultural crisis VOICE: JARRETH MERZ SYNOPSIS: Virginia Madsen and her mother Elaine affecting farmers in Punjab, India, which is causing Madsen interview famous women over sixty-five SYNOPSIS: It’s about the person, life and the who have not surrendered to society's expectations them to commit suicide. extreme art of the famous Viennese artist Hermann of 'old.' Nitsch.
IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY... KEIKO: THE UNTOLD STORY LATCHING ON OCT 17, 12-2 PM OCT 15, 12-2 PM OCT 15, 8-10 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR/PRODUCER NINA ROSENBLUM THERESA DEMAREST KATJA ESSON
WRITER/PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS DENNIS WATLINGTON JAY SCHORNSTEIN, NOLA WILKEN, THERESA DEMAREST NARRATOR ELI WALLACH
RT: 60 MIN RT: 74 MIN RT: 36 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Documents the first officer in the United SYNOPSIS: The film follows KEIKO, his life, his legacy SYNOPSIS: Filmed over a period of 5 years, this States Army to refuse deployment to Iraq on moral of hope, and untold story of his extraordinary documentary takes an upbeat look at breast- grounds. years of freedom in Iceland and Norway. feeding as a personal and social phenomenon.
FULL TITLE: IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY: AMERICA’S CONSCIENCE, A SOLDIER’S SACRIFICE
LIVING DOWNSTREAM LOST ANGELS LOVE LUST & LIES OCT 15, 4-6 PM OCT 16, 10-12 NOON OCT 15, 2-4 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/PRODUCER CHANDA CHEVANNES THOMAS NAPPER GILLIAN ARMSTRONG
PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PRODUCER NATHAN SHIELDS GARY FOSTER, JOE WRIGHT, JENNY DAY SUSAN KLOS
PRODUCER AGI ORSI
RT: 85 MIN RT: 76 MIN RT: 87 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Living SYNOPSIS: “Lost Angels” chronicles the lives of some SYNOPSIS: This is the fifth film in the doc series that Downstream during one pivotal year as she of the resident's of LA's Skid Row and through their Ms. Armstrong has made about the lives, hopes works to break the silence about cancer and its remarkable stories paints a multifaceted portrait and dreams of three lively, working class Adelaide environmental links. of life on the streets. girls since they were fourteen in 1976. DOCUMENTARIES LUNCH MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING... MUMBAI MASSACRE OCT 15, 4-6 PM OCT 16, 8-10 PM OCT 14, 12-2 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG
CO-DIRECTOR/CO-WRITER/ DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS DIRECTOR/WRITER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER C.A. GRIFFITH, H.L.T. VICTORIA MIDWINTER PITT AVIS RICHARDS QUAN PRODUCERS ANDREA QUESNELLE, ANDREW OGILVIE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ANDREW OGILVIE, PHIL CRAIG
RT: 26 MIN RT: 97 Min RT: 52 MIN
SYNOPSIS: This takes a close look at the nation's SYNOPSIS: This features conversations that span SYNOPSIS: This looks at the terrorist attacks, Nov. school-food programs through the meals offered 13 years between two women whose lives and 2008 , in Mumbai, when highly trained gunmen by the Baltimore, Md. public schools and the links political work remain at the epicenter of the civil - controlled via satellite phone calls from Pakistan between food and academics. rights struggles in the US. – left a trail of dead behind them.
FULL TITLE: MOUNTAINS THAT TAKE WING: ANGELA DAVIS & YURI KOCHIYAMA: A CONVERSATION ON LIFE, STRUGGLES & LIBERATION
MUSIC OF THE BRAIN MZUNGU (N.) WHITE WANDERER PINK SMOKE OVER THE VATICAN OCT 14, 12-2 PM OCT 16, 3-5 PM OCT 15, 8-10 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, CO- FIONA COCHRANE SHANA GILBERT WRITER, NARRATOR JULES HART CO-PRODUCERS STEVE BERTRAND, WILLIAM ZABKA
RT: 55 MIN RT: 82 MIN RT: 62 MIN SYNOPSIS: This is a documentary film about the SYNOPSIS: Music affects our development from SYNOPSIS: We follow four average American the womb to the grave. Explore the role that college kids who set out to save-the-world and controversial movement of women seeking to music plays in developing our brains as humans, rather end up leading their own generation to a be ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic beginning with premature infants. new depth of understanding. Church.
SAND MOUNTAIN SEEN ALSO IN MEN SKIN TRADE OCT 17, 4-6 PM OCT 16, 8-10 PM OCT 16, 6-8 PM VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE KATHRYN MCCOOL VELISSA ROBINSON PRODUCER SHANNON KEITH PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TIA WILLIAMS, REBECCA PRODUCERS KERRY RICHARDSON LOUISELL SHANNON KEITH, GENE BLALOCK
RT: 82 MIN RT: 34 MIN RT: 27 MIN SYNOPSIS: The deceptive and dirty fur industry SYNOPSIS: Setting off with a borrowed video camera SYNOPSIS: This doc follows three African American Kathryn McCool begins a solo journey through the fathers who fight for meaningful relationships with is exposed through undercover investigations, American South to meet reclusive musician Cast their children while trying to raise them as single footage and interviews from those within the King. dads struggling in the family court system. industry itself, from activists, and from celebrities. DOCUMENTARIES THE LAST ELEPHANTS IN THAILAND THE LOST GIRLS OF SOUTH AFRICA WELCOME OCT 16, 6-8 PM OCT 14, 10-12 NOON OCT 14, 10-12 NOON VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTORS DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/WRITER MICHELLE MIZNER, DONALD DEBORAH SHIPLEY MAJA MILANOVIC R. TAYLOE PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRIAN WOODS CHRISTOFER HALLDIN, SUZA DONALD R. TAYLOE HORVAT
RT: 40 MIN RT: 78 Min RT: 21 MIN SYNOPSIS: In the fight to save the dwindling SYNOPSIS: We follow four girls aged 11-13 who CAST: Klemen Novak, Nina Serbezdija, Snezana population of elephants in Thailand, we see the have survived rape in a country where record Bogdanovic, Sreten Mokrovic massacre and recovery of these majestic animals levels of child rape and sex abuse are documented YNOPSIS Dolores welcomes you to intimately and the facility trying to save them. S : every three minutes. experience the world of her displaced immigrant family in which the clash between memories and the present leaves casualties behind.
WHEN POLICE BECOME PREY WOMEN IN REFUGE: STORIES FROM A OCT 14, 10-12 NOON BORDER OCT 14, 10-12 NOON VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR CANDIS MCLEAN IRENE CAROLINA HERRERA
COLLABORATING DIRECTOR PRODUCER STUART MCLEAN CAROLINA ACUÑA
RT: 89 MIN RT: 33 MIN
SYNOPSIS: Are Canadian police really dropping SYNOPSIS: This documentary features testimonies aboriginal people off in isolated places to freeze from women who have been forced to flee to death? Former Constable Dan Hatchen talks Colombia's domestic conflict and have sought about this for the first time. asylum in Venezuela. MUSIC VIDEOS/COMMERCIALS FAR FUTUREKIND “HIDEAWAY” IF I HAD A BALLOON OCT 15, 1-3 PM OCT 15, 3-5 PM OCT 15, 2-4 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 2: DAVIDSON/VALENTINI
DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/WRITER LISA VIRTUE PRODUCER ERIN GALEY NICOL EILERS PRODUCER AYANA SAUNDERS
RT: 2 MIN RT: 3 Min RT: 5 MIN
CAST: Osama Faris, Anson Pereira, Alain Jean- CAST: Ariel Delphine CAST: Daniel Hall, Ramon Menendez, Sophia Baptiste, Emmanuel Samba, Alain Gervais, Palmstedt Rapper Ononymous SYNOPSIS: A child finds a magical kaleidoscope in the desert and through the lens, meets a band SYNOPSIS: A lonely Panda embarks on a magical SYNOPSIS: Commentary on US commercialism. from the past. mission to find the right person with which to share his heart.
KISSES IN THE NIGHT LBCK “START” LIVE MY LIFE OCT 15, 10-11 AM OCT 16, 8-10 PM OCT 16, 2-4 PM VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG VENUE 1: RENBERG
DIRECTOR/WRITER DIRECTOR DIRECTOR/WRITER ROSANNA SARACINO LEAH MCKISSOCK MICHAEL CORNELL
PRODUCER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MELAINE WINDLE TRACY PALEO
RT: 5 MIN RT: 4 MIN RT: 4 MIN
CAST: Sam Stedman, Terra Hazelton CAST: Eloise DeLuca CAST: Kameron White, Joong-Han Chung, Lara Garcia SYNOPSIS: Set in the 1950's a woman plans a SYNOPSIS: An original music video for LBCK's debut surprise birthday party for her husband. Things track 'Start.' SYNOPSIS: A sharp, irreverent portrait of American take an unexpected turn when he shows up from capitalism and the Wall Street bailout. work with a gun.
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Program cover, layout, RT: 6 MIN RT: 2 MIN Barbara Niven Ads by: CAST: Elizabeth Harvatine CAST: Osama Faris, Anson Pereira, Rapper Shadoeworks® Ononymous SYNOPSIS: A girl who lives in a room at the bottom www.shadoeworks.com of the ocean, for the first time, considers stepping SYNOPSIS: Rapper Ononymous describes his out. experience with Watchguard. Copyright © 2010 LA Femme Film Festival. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
BURY ME AT YANKEE STADIUM SCREENPLAY BY: NICOLE SCHUBERT
SYNOPSIS: Weeks before her wedding Jane’s father passes away leaving her one small request, deliver his ashes to Yankee Stadium. What she didn’t expect was to fall in love with someone else!
THE ITALIAN LOVER SCREENPLAY BY: SUZANNE GRIFFIN
SYNOPSIS: Michael Evans an opera singer in Italy discovers the complexity of life when he mentors a young soprano.
THE MAGNET OF AJAX SCREENPLAY BY: RHONA KLEIN
SYNOPSIS: After being fired from her job Judy ends up in small town with a mysterious magnet on the roof of a cafe. There she finds true love and the life she was destined to have.
ONLY THE DEVILS KNOWS SCREENPLAY BY: KATHLEEN M. MULLIN
SYNOPSIS: Haunted by her life with an abusive father Kitty struggles with her own demons before learning to accept the fate that she has been dealt.
ROCK ME, AMADEUS SCREENPLAY BY: JESSICA DIGIACINTO
SYNOPSIS: Art geeks and theatre freaks rewrite “Phantom of the Opera” in an attempt to save their beloved summer camp from going bankrupt.
THE RULES OF FLUSHING SCREENPLAY BY: JOELLE SELLNER
SYNOPSIS: Stunned by her mother’s death a sixteen year old girl is suddenly thrust into adulthood and the only way to avoid foster care is to go in search of a father she never knew.
THE STRANGE STORY OF DR JAMES BARRY SCREENPLAY BY: LYNN ROBERTSON HAY
SYNOPSIS: A strong-willed, 19th Century young Irish woman with a passion to change the world dresses as a man to become a doctor in a man’s world.
A THOUSAND SOULS SCREENPLAY BY: VIRGINIA TEE
SYNOPSIS: Doomed from the start the ship “Empress of Ireland” sets sail from Quebec. On the voyage trip, the ship sank to the bottom of the sea carrying 1000 souls to their death.
UNFREEZING LIFE SCREENPLAY BY: CYNTHIA M. LUNA
SYNOPSIS: Mistakenly swapped frozen eggs unexpectedly bonds best friends in unimaginable ways - and may save one of their lives.
UNRAVELING SCREENPLAY BY: ROBIN SINGER
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